Justin Richards Books In Order

Invisible Detective Books In Order

  1. The Paranormal Puppet Show (2003)
  2. The Shadow Beast (2003)
  3. Ghost Soldiers (2003)
  4. Killing Time (2003)
  5. The Faces of Evil (2004)
  6. The Web of Anubis (2004)
  7. Stage Fright (2005)
  8. Legion of the Dead (2005)

Rich and Jade Books In Order

  1. Sure Fire (2006)
  2. Death Run (2007)
  3. Sharp Shot (2009)
  4. First Strike (2009)

Department of Unclassified Artefacts Books In Order

  1. The Death Collector (2006)
  2. The Parliament of Blood (2008)
  3. The Chamber of Shadows (2010)

Time Runners Books In Order

  1. Freeze-Framed (2007)
  2. Rewind Assassin (2007)
  3. Past Forward (2008)
  4. Wipe Out (2008)

Agent Alfie Books In Order

  1. Thunder Raker (2008)
  2. Sorted! (2009)
  3. Licence to Fish (2009)

School of Night Books In Order

  1. Demon Storm (2010)
  2. Creeping Terror (2011)

Never War Books In Order

  1. The Suicide Exhibition (2013)
  2. The Blood Red City (2014)

Novels

  1. The Chaos Code (2007)
  2. The Skeleton Clock (2011)
  3. The Wolfstone Curse (2013)

Invisible Detective Book Covers

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Agent Alfie Book Covers

School of Night Book Covers

Never War Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Justin Richards Books Overview

The Paranormal Puppet Show

Who is the Invisible Detective? To the people of London, 1936, he’s a shadowy crimefighter whose face has never been seen. Truth is, he s the creation of four extraordinary kids who solve mysteries in his name. And neither an army of murderous zombie mannequins nor a subterranean monster can stop the Invisible Detective once the kids are on the case. Meanwhile, in present day, fourteen year old Arthur Drake finds the casebook of the Invisible Detective in a strange old antique store. Stranger still, the casebook is in his own handwriting. With a little help from his grandfather, Arthur not only uncovers his link to the Invisible Detective, but soon finds himself plunged into mysteries of his own. Filled with spine tingling suspense and a good dose of humor, The Invisible Detective is a fun new series that will leave mystery fans hungry for more.

The Shadow Beast

In this exciting, rip roaring series of fast paced adventures for 9 12s, a young teen from the present day finds himself sharing the memories and dreams of a boy from the 1930s…
One of a small gang of junior sleuths masquerading as the all seeing Invisible Detective. London, Today: Arthur Drake is beginning to understand how he is linked to the boy who wrote the Invisible Detective’s casebook over eighty years ago. But there’s no time to investigate further a monster is loose in London, and Arthur must get help from the past…
London, 1936: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. He is a mystery, an enigma. In fact, the truth about the Invisible Detective is known by only four children the ones who created him. Meg can spot if you’re lying. Jonny can run faster than anyone. Flinch can squeeze through the smallest of gaps. And Art…
he’s their leader. How can a daring bank robbery be linked to a missing cat? Why are the local rats overrunning houses and attacking people? Where will the trail of discarded bank notes lead? It seems that only the Invisible Detective can discover the answers as the kids hunt for the robbers and track down a monster…

Ghost Soldiers

The Invisible Detective’s young prot g s are on their most dangerous case yet:A mad scientist is creating an army of mutant soldiers. Worse, their adult friend Charlie is mixed up with the soldiers. Can the gang stop the soldiers and save Charlie before it s too late?

Meanwhile, in the present day, Arthur Drake discovers that his classmate Sarah runs the invisible detective. com website and she lives in the same haunted house where the scientist made the Ghost Soldiers back in 1936. Now Arthur must not only discover his connection to the mysterious crimefighter, but Sarah s, too.

Another exciting installment in the Invisible Detective series, Ghost Soldiers is filled with the same high concept action and humor that made Double Life and Shadow Beast favorites of mystery readers everywhere.

Killing Time

Cornwall, Today: Arthur Drake finally has time to think about the Invisible Detective and a past life that seems somehow linked to his own. But then he meets the ghosts of sailors shipwrecked over a century ago…
London, 1937: Whatever your problem, the Invisible Detective can find the answer. Only four children know the truth about this mysterious private investigator…
because they created him. Now they solve crimes and mysteries in his name. An extraordinary pocket watch that seems to rewind time itself leads the children to investigate a strange clock shop. But what appears to be wrong with the shop’s customers, and how are these events linked to a shipwreck in Cornwall? Only the Invisible Detective can find out…

The Faces of Evil

London, 1937: The Invisible Detective can solve any mystery, great or small but no one’s ever seen his face. Truth is, the detective is the creation of four extraordinary kids who combat crime in his name…
Who is the misshapen figure stalking the streets after dark? When people start to die, the Invisible Detective is called in. But can Art and his friends find the inhuman killer before the killer finds them? The past is far from dead, as Arthur finds out when he wins the chance to spend a weekend at a country house. He may have won a competition, but he is in danger of losing everything including his own life…

The Web of Anubis

London, 1937: The Invisible Detective can solve any mystery, great or small but no one’s ever seen his face. Truth is, the detective is the creation of four extraordinary kids who combat crime in his name…
AN ANCIENT CURSE A new exhibit at the British Museum is hardly a matter for the Invisible Detective. Until it goes missing. When Art and his friends investigate an ancient Egyptian curse, they discover that things are much more serious than anyone suspected. Within a hidden tomb, a timeless terror is stirring, and the dead begin to waken. In the present day, Arthur Drake and his friend Sarah find that a history project can be dangerous, and that the Invisible Detective has left them some unfinished business to attend to…

Legion of the Dead

London, 1937: The Invisible Detective can solve any mystery, great or small but no one’s ever seen his face. Truth is, the detective is the creation of four extraordinary kids who combat crime in his name…
London, today: Arthur Drake is not impressed by a publicity stunt. But if a celebrity wants to get lowered into the Thames in a glass box, that’s his problem. Or is it? Soon Arthur discovers that it could spell disaster for millions of people. A Roman coin, a strange burglary, and a mysterious attack outside a graveyard. When Art and his friends investigate, they discover more than they bargained for a missing treasure, a ghostly figure, the legend of a lost Roman legion. What has counterfeit money got to do with an ancient pagan spirit of darkness? Can they solve the mystery in time to avert disaster?

Sure Fire

For thirty years, Jack Higgins has enraptured adult readers with his thrilling tales of spies and intrigue. Now, for the first time he brings his bestselling touch to the world of teens with an adventure to remember. For fifteen year old twins Rich and Jade, their lives have just been turned upside down. When their mother is tragically killed in a car crash, their long lost father, John Chance, appears to collect them at the funeral. He’s a bachelor who lives on his own, and it s clear that Rich and Jade aren t welcome. But when Chance suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade uncover the truth: He s a spy. And now, whoever kidnapped their father is after them, too. Dangerous, fast paced and packed with action, Sure Fire is a gripping adventure from the master of the modern thriller.

Death Run

Teen twins Rich and Jade Chance are finally on vacation in Venice with their father or so they think. In reality, the British government has sent master spy John Chance to keep tabs on a Swiss banker who is desperately trying to escape from the Tiger, a ruthless criminal mastermind. In no time, the banker is captured by the Tiger’s thugs and taken to a remote Scottish castle along with Rich! Now it s up to Jade and Chance to rescue them both. Will they be able to stop the Tiger before Rich s time runs out? Fast paced and thrilling, this page turning adventure is an exciting follow up to Jack Higgins brilliant first foray into young adult fiction, which Publishers Weekly called a sure fire hit.

Sharp Shot

Jack Higgins, master of the modern thriller, teams up with Justin Richards, bestselling author of Dr Who, to deliver a pulse pounding new instalment in the adventures of the teenage Chance twins! This third gripping novel about the adventures of teenage twins Rich and Jade Chance takes the action and adventure to a new calibre then pulls the trigger! With their secret agent dad in trouble, Jade and Rich are flung into a headlong series of chases, fights and captures that leads them to the arid deserts of the Middle East. There, the pair come up against terrifying new villains and surprising allies as an assassination attempt threatens international relations and a buried secret of the first Gulf War comes explosively to light…

First Strike

After saving the President’s life in the Middle East, the Chance family is invited to a banquet at the White House. Teen twins Rich and Jade are ready to relax, but even in the safest house in the United States, they can t avoid danger: a radical American group takes the West Wing hostage to steal the U.S. s nuclear launch codes and attack China. It s a race through the halls of the White House as Rich and Jade fight to keep the President and the launch codes hidden from the terrorists. Higgins action packed adventure series featuring two regular teens comes to a close in this exhilarating thriller. Set in Washington D.C., the fast paced narrative gives readers a captivating behind thescenes glimpse into America s capital.

The Death Collector

The foggy streets of Victorian London are thick with thieves. But when Eddie Dipper Hopkins steals George Archer’s wallet, he has no idea that he is entering a dark world of grave robbers, assassins, and zombies.
Because George Archer is no ordinary citizen. He is the newest and youngest member of the Department of Unclassified Artifacts at the British Museum, a department that investigates the bizarre and the unexplained. And in George s wallet is a clue to one of the biggest mysteries of all time, a secret as old as the dinosaurs and one that certain people would kill for.
Suddenly on the run for their lives, Eddie and George join forces with budding actress Elizabeth Oldfield to escape the clutches of a depraved genius a man who needs the secret to carry out a terrifying plan. In this heart stopping race against time, Eddie, George, and Elizabeth have only one chance to unravel the secret they possess before London is overrun by creatures from the dead…
one of which is already prowling the streets.

The Parliament of Blood

George Archer, Liz Oldfield and Eddie Hopkins have made a rather unfortunate discovery: vampires actually exist, and they really do feed on human blood. Using an underground labyrinth of tunnels beneath Victorian London, these sinister creatures intend on destroying the human race, and they ll start by taking over the most powerful place in London: the House of Parliament.

Through their research on ancient mysteries and a secret London Gentlemen’s Club, George, Liz and Eddie come up with a plan to beat the vampires at their own game. And they better do it soon, before they become the vampires next meal…

Freeze-Framed

Let me tell you about the day my life ended. I remember it as if it was yesterday which, maybe, it was. Or perhaps it will be tomorrow. I lose track. After all, it was a long time ago. At first, Jamie Grant thinks people are just ignoring him. His teacher, his classmates, even his own mother! Everyone apart from his little sister, Ellie is suddenly acting as if he’s not around. He’s fallen off the register at school, people don’t reply to his questions, and he’s not even showing up in old family photos. Creepy or what? Eventually, with the help of the friendly but mysterious Anna, he comes to realize that he doesn’t exist and he never has. He’s fallen through a time break and is living in a parallel world in which he was never born. What’s more, Jamie discovers that although he is outside time, he has the power to control it and so he and Anna are employed as Time Runners to fix the rips in time. But they must work against the sinister Darkling Midnight, who is intent on causing chaos throughout history, to prevent time from falling apart.

Rewind Assassin

The man Jamie and Anna are looking for is no ordinary killer. Dressed in a modern business suit and with a high powered sniper rifle, his sights are set on Will Shakespeare and changing history if the Time Runners don’t stop him. Their old enemy, Darkling Midnight, wants to form an alliance against the assassin. But can he be trusted? As the Spanish Armada, wrecked and defeated eight years previously, surfaces from the watery depths, and soldiers who should be long dead leap ashore to invade England, Jamie and Anna realize that nothing is quite as it seems. It will take all their courage and ingenuity to defeat their sinister enemy.

Past Forward

The U.S. in 2021 is not a pleasant place after the death of President Carlton in 2016, civilization has broken down. Several states have ceded, and the people fear for their lives. There are gun battles on the city streets and barely enough food to go around. Jamie and Anna are with a group of children at a scientific facility on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. a compound guarded by the army, with rioters clamoring to get inside this safe haven. But Jamie and Anna don’t care about that they’re here because someone at the facility is developing time travel, and that shouldn’t happen for centuries yet. With rioters breaking in from outside, and a terrifying monster on the loose inside, our heroes meet the businessman who’s funding the research: Darkling Midnight. Can Jamie and Anna stop the monster, escape the rioters, and discover what Midnight’s up to? How is it all tied up with the death of the President? And why are the children here unless they are part of the time experiments themselves?

Wipe Out

Jamie and Anna are Time Runners they keep history moving in the right direction. Their latest mission takes them to Britain in the 1950s, during the Cold War when Anna was from before she fell through the cracks in time. But something’s terribly wrong. Why is a Russian spy attending a dinner party held by the man in charge of Britain’s nuclear development? Why is a ghostly image of Anna being dragged away by grotesque imp like creatures? Why does the mysterious Mr. Prophecy never leave his room? And why is there a corridor reaching back through time hidden in the cellar? If Jamie and Anna don’t find out quickly, it could be too late. It could be the end of the world.

Thunder Raker

A hilarious new series for younger readers, following the misadventures of an ordinary boy at an extraordinary school for young spies! Jake’s dad is head of the Secret Service. Alice’s dad is a double agent. Harry’s dad has infiltrated SPUD – the Secret Partners for Undertaking Destruction. And Alfie’s dad is a postman. Thunder Raker Manor is a very exclusive school. All the pupils are there because their parents or guardians are agents and spies. All except one. Because eight-year-old Alfie’s dad isn’t anything to do with the secret services. He’s the local postman who just reckoned that Thunder Raker Manor was a great school. So when the Head Teacher receives a letter from the Prime Minister saying that Alfie has been given a special place and will start immediately, he isn’t to know that Alfie’s dad wrote it and slipped it in with the ‘special’ post! Now Alfie has to get to grips with Thunder Raker‘s unusual curriculum and some even stranger new friends. He’s got clas*ses in camouflage if anyone can ever find Mr Trick and Assassination only kids keep going missing from Miss Fortune’s class. And he’s now in permanent danger from SPUD agents. But to his surprise, Alfie finds that he might just be quite good at this spying game!

The Chaos Code

Matt Stribling is stuck spending another vacation with his brilliant, yet scatterbrained archaeologist father. His dad’s house is often a mess, so when Matt arrives to find the place turned upside down and his father missing, he’s not immediately worried. But a cryptic message and some strange sandy footprints quickly persuade Matt that all is not right. With the help of some unusual family friends, Matt discovers that his father had been searching for an ancient code, one rumored to have brought down the Mayans, and maybe even the fabled civilization of Atlantis. Now in the hands of a madman using high tech computers to decipher it, the code is being readied for new and sinister uses. Matt and his friend, Robin, will traverse the globe, battling terrifying sand creatures and mercenaries alike in their efforts to stop The Chaos Code from being fully reactivated and dooming the modern world to a catastrophe not seen since the days of Atlantis.

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